I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused. |
I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted. |
One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. |
The public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles. |
There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed. |
There's plenty of fire in the coldest flint! |
Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. |